Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein
Joseph Goldstein has been a leading light for the practice of Insight and Loving Kindness meditation since his days in India and Burma where he studied with eminent masters of the tradition. In his podcast, The Insight Hour, Joseph delivers these essential mindfulness teachings in a practical and down to earth way that illuminates the practice through his own personal experience and wonderful story telling.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 56 minutes
- Episodes
- 253
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
Ep. 33 - The Eightfold Path: Worldly Right View
Joseph continues his series on the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. This week: Worldly Right View.
Right View consists partly of the beliefs which will help one towards enlightenment, but a…
00:52:31 |
Wed 08 Mar 2017
Ep. 32 – The Four Noble Truths: The Cessation of Dukkha
Joseph continues a five-part series on the Four Noble Truths. This week: The Cessation of Dukkha.
The third of the Four Noble Truths is the cessation of dukkha, which is how to end our suffering by …
00:59:01 |
Wed 15 Feb 2017
Ep. 31 – The Four Noble Truths: The Origin of Dukkha
Joseph continues a five-part series on the Four Noble Truths. This week: What is the origin of Dukkha? The second of the Four Noble Truths is the origin of Dukkha, which is craving. Joseph explores t…
00:55:33 |
Wed 25 Jan 2017
Ep. 30 - The Four Noble Truths: Dukkha
Joseph begins a five-part series on the Four Noble Truths. This week: what is Dukkha? The first of the Four Noble Truths is that Dukkha exists. Joseph dives deep into the true meaning of Dukkha, wh…
00:53:14 |
Wed 04 Jan 2017
Ep. 29 - Cutting Through Identification with Consciousness
Joseph talks about the concept of self and what we can do to move past the identification with our consciousness that keeps us in our loop. The idea of self is the root of much suffering. Through pra…
00:52:04 |
Wed 14 Dec 2016
Ep. 28 - Ten Unwholesome Actions
Joeseph shows us how we can be happy in our lives by understanding the ten unwholesome actions which, according to the Buddha's teachings, are the cause of suffering. How can we manifest our intent…
01:01:53 |
Wed 23 Nov 2016
Ep. 27 - Transforming Afflictive Emotions
This week, on Insight Hour, Joseph discusses the Buddha's lesson of the Luminous Mind and how it is obscured by our afflictive emotions. How is it that the natural clarity the mind can become so ea…
00:59:59 |
Wed 02 Nov 2016
Ep. 26 – The Four Mind Changing Reflections
Joseph asks, "How can we wake up from the dream of our normal waking state and come into a true wakefulness?" In this episode of, Insight Hour, Joseph gives discusses Bardo and delivers an insightful…
00:59:26 |
Thu 06 Oct 2016
Ep. 25 - The Gift of Awareness
There are a variety of motives that bring one to the meditative process, but for all of us the journey really begins with the simple steps of calming the mind and collecting our attention. We can nev…
00:57:03 |
Tue 06 Sep 2016
Ep. 24 - Ill Will and Wrong View
Joseph examines some of the common unskillful actions of mind that tend to enable and perpetuate much of the suffering we experience. All of the expressions of these qualities are conditioned respons…
01:00:20 |
Thu 11 Aug 2016
Ep. 23 - Liberation Through Non-Clinging
Joseph explores the fundamental question of what it is that will actually free the mind and heart, not just from the delusions of waking life, but from the root of all suffering. The great realizatio…
01:02:28 |
Thu 14 Jul 2016
Ep. 22 Clear Comprehension
Our Dharma practice can be broadly understood as the process of learning to live in harmony with the fundamental truths of nature and our place within it. The objective precision of the Buddha’s teac…
00:57:43 |
Wed 29 Jun 2016
Ep. 21 - Karma
A welcome exploration surrounding the question of how we can bring happiness into our lives. Joseph explains that the Buddha’s teachings on karma and emptiness provide a bridge between our meditative…
00:57:37 |
Thu 02 Jun 2016
Ep. 20 - The Art And Science Of The Meditative Journey
A discussion of the creativity and methodology involved in the meditative journey.
We are all artists creating our lives on the canvas of the world, and the voyage of discovery is learning to see in …
00:56:43 |
Thu 21 Apr 2016
Ep. 19 - The Cultivation of Metta
“I make my mind my friend”
A sound endorsement for the continual cultivation of good will, benevolence, and loving kindness throughout our lives. In recognizing that what we frequently think about be…
00:53:13 |
Wed 23 Mar 2016
Ep. 18 - Clarifying Terms
An informative and detailed explanation of commonly used terms, including consciousness, perception, mindfulness, and wisdom, particularly as they apply to our meditation practice. These terms are so…
00:57:51 |
Thu 25 Feb 2016
Ep. 17 - The All
An investigation of the six sense spheres, known in Buddhism as “The All,” which form the basis for understanding everything we know and how we know it. All further elaborations of the Buddha’s awake…
00:57:05 |
Wed 10 Feb 2016
Ep. 16 - Worldly and Unworldly Feelings
Vedana is the Buddhist term for the pleasant, unpleasant or neutral sensations that arise when our internal sense organs interact with external sense objects and the associated consciousness. Joseph …
01:01:39 |
Fri 29 Jan 2016
Ep. 15 - The Kind Heart
Joseph describes the expansive power of Loving Kindness and its unique capacity to embrace each and every being that we encounter. Loving Kindness does not make distinctions and is therefore referred…
00:58:21 |
Wed 13 Jan 2016
Ep. 14 - Working with Fear
Joseph offers a timeless discussion of the conditioning nature of fear, and possible methods for transforming that constricting energy into genuine freedom. Our fears are often revealed as we progres…
01:02:50 |
Wed 30 Dec 2015
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